 | Illinois - Constitutional law - 1818 - 32 pages
...speak,write, and print, on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. Sect. 23. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or of men acting in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information,... | |
 | Charles Britten Johnson - Pennsylvania - 1819 - 190 pages
...may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating...determine the law and the facts, under the direction of tne court, as in other cases. SECT. VIII. That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1820 - 490 pages
...That, in all prosecutions for libels, the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and the jury may determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court. 17. That no ex-post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, or retrospective in its... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Sergeant, William Rawle - Law reports, digests, etc - 1821 - 648 pages
...from and vafter the passing of that act, no person should be subject to prosecution by indictment, for the publication of papers investigating the official...conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity." It was decided, that the act embraced the case of l)nn>:,\ but a distinction was taken between civil... | |
 | Ohio - Session laws - 1821 - 636 pages
...for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecution for any publication respecting the official conduct of men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, (ho truth thereof may always he given in evidence; and :n all indictments for libel?, the jury shall... | |
 | 1821 - 454 pages
...the people, or where the. jniiter ; •• • : .l.shrd is proper for public inlbrmation, the truui thereof may be given in evidence, and in all indictments for libels, the jury, after having received the direction of the court, shall have a right to determine, at their discretion,... | |
 | Maine - 1822 - 802 pages
...public capacity, or the qualifications of those who are candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given Tru>h »«т.1« •J л • 11 • J- i , г l -L l ж1- • г. Р»«л m twin evidence, and in... | |
 | Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1825 - 400 pages
...may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or.men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is necessary or proper for public information,... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - Libel and slander - 1826 - 658 pages
...Constitutions of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Indiana, and Illinois, provide that in prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1829 - 532 pages
...the free communication of thoughts and opinions, as one of the most invaluable rights of man. In all prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating...capacity, or where the matter published is proper for the public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence', — and we consequently steer... | |
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In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers or men in a public capaci•ty, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments.... 
